Special counsel robert mueller. Putting the president on notice that there will be a, quote, significant consequence. These truly are red lines. Would be a gross abuse of power. And diplomatic dilemma . President trump threatens to cut off american aid to other countries ahead of that key vote at the u. N. Considering the u. S. Embassy in israel. Ambassador Nikki Haley Says the administration is taking names. Jerusalem is the capital of israel. We begin today with the tax bill and what the president calls that big beautiful tax cut which he could sign into law as early as tomorrow, putting a notch in the win column, after what has been a very rough year for him and his party. Ive got a great team with me to help break it all down. And more importantly, what it means to all of you at home. I want to go to Nbcs Kristen Welker live at the white house where there was a lot of celebrating yesterday to say the least, kristen. I think we thought there was probably going to be a News Conferenc
is a budget rule that requires that tax cuts must be covered by tax increases or cuts in mandatory spending so they don t increase the deficit. so i am told the president is going to be trying to encourage republicans to get this budget deal done very quickly. we re anticipating it s going to be a short term measure and some of the thornier issues will be shelved into the new year, chris. kristen welkewelker, thank y. i want to bring in the political reporter for real clear politics. sell len ma maxwell is director of progressive programming for sirius xm. eli stockels is a reporter for the wall street journal. robert costa also an msnbc political analyst. and national political reporter for the washington post. so, katelyn, pretty extraordinary scene, kind of a self-love fest i guess is one way you can put it. i can t believe we had to look it up. it was only three months ago, i think it was september, when yet again the republicans failed to